Table of ContentsPlate Tectonics Overview Solid-Earth Science Plate Tectonics History Major Features of Earth Global Topography Development of Plate Tectonics Data used to address problem Magnetic reversals Magnetic ``Stripes'' on Seafloor Actual Data (South of Iceland) Generation of anomalies Earthquakes: Types of faults Earthquakes: Seismology Transform Faults: Bathymetry Transform Faults: Directions Synthesis: What does plate tectonic explain? What does this tell us? Measurement of Plate Motions GPS Measured Motions Hawaii Motion California Details Motion in Turkey Izmit Earthquake (1999) Motion after Earthquake Is the theory perfect? No! General Issue: Summary of Earth Science Relevance: Web resources |
Author: Thomas A Herring
Email: tah@mit.edu Home Page: http://www-gpsg.mit.edu/~tah Other information: |